J. Robert Spencer Likes to Look at His Butt on the Jersey Boys Billboard

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Name: J. Robert Spencer Age: 41 Neighborhood: Harlem Occupation: Actor/writer/director. Currently appearing in Next to Normal on Broadway, a performance for which he was nominated for a Tony, and which celebrates its one-year anniversary on April15.

Who’s your favorite New Yorker, living or dead, real or fictional?
John Cassavetes.

How often do you prepare your own meals?
I’m able to prepare two meals a day at home. Breakfast is eggs with spinach, oatmeal, granola, and coffee — LOTSOFCOFFEE. Lunch is any type of pasta with garlic and olive oil. And dinner in the theater district is usually spicy crunchy tuna roll and hot sake at KodamaSushi.

What’s your favorite medication?
E3Live from JuiceGeneration.

What’s hanging above your sofa?
Nothing: We live in aloft.

How much is too much to spend on a haircut?
Sixty bucks.

When’s bedtime?
Usually I wind down aroundmidnight.

Which do you prefer, the old Times Square or the new Times Square?
New. I like it because you can see my behind in the Jersey Boys billboard on 47thStreet.

What do you think of Donald Trump?
His buildings block too many views for NewYorkers!

What do you hate most about living in New York?
Carrying strollers up and down the subwaystairs.

Who is your mortal enemy?
Public restrooms.

When’s the last time you drove a car?
Four months ago. Took off to look at a house in Jersey. It was TOOOOOOOOBIG.

How has the Wall Street crash affected you?
It threw our 401(k) for a loop, dropped our stocks, and all the responsible “suits” have disappointed the shit out of me and allAmericans.